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960

RUSSIA

register ; total, 2,146 vessels, of 322,023 tons. Of these vessels, 95 steamers of 19,053 tons, and 586 sailing vessels of 78,745 tons belonged to the Baltic ; 33 steamers of 5,028 tons and 396 sailing vessels of 22,149 tons to the White Sea ; 263 steamers of 142,512 tons, and 773 sailing vessels of 54,535 tons to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

In 1897 the navigation in the ports of Russia and the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus appeared as follows for vessels above 20 tons.

1897

Eussian

Foreign

Total

NTimber

Tons

Number

Tons

Number

Tons

Entered: — White Sea . Baltic . Black and Azov .

Total .

Cleared : — White Sea . Baltic . Black and Azov .

Total .

338 796 330

45,004 290,798 424,608

378 4,957 2,867

8,202

269,540 3,209,655 3,518,738

716 5,753 3,197

314.544 3,500,453 3,943,346

1,464

760,410

0,997,933

9,666

677 5,682 3,162

7,758,343

300 756 303

43,083 287,560 418,315

377 4,926 2,859

269,093 3,202,203 3,515,179

312,176 3,489,763 3,933,494

1,359

748,958

8,162

6,986,475

9,521

7,735,433

The Caspian ports were entered in 1896 by 18,055 vessels of 233,714 tons foreign and 8,360,269 tons in coast trade. Vladivostok and Nikolaievsk on the Pacific coast was visited by 347 vessels of 313,531 tons.

In 1896, 38, 943 coasting vessels, 13,794,870 tons visited the ports of the White Sea, Baltic, and Black Sea, and 17,284 coasting vessels, 8,360,269 tons, entered the ports of the Caspian Sea.

The movements of passengers and emigrants in the empire has been : —

Entered Russia

Left Russia

1861-90

4,546,613

4,996,711

1891

2,508,400

2,648,100

1892

1,875,900

1,901,200

1893

2,087.591

2,034,574

1894

2,043,760

2,048,776

1895

2,586,118

2,580,942

1896

2,725,645

2,743,418

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The surplus or otherwise of Russian and foreigners is seen from the following

Entered more than left

Left more than entered

1895

1896

1895 27,594

1896

Russians Foreigners

17,062

6,906

27,084